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The Chanticleer Monthly Newsletter of
Barony Beyond the Mountain January 2016 AS50
A Look Back at 2015
2015 was a busy year for the Barony. We had four major events: Summer Solstice Shoot in June, Unnatural Axes VI in August, Artifacts of a Life, II, in September and Yule in December. In addition to that, we held three major demos: The Connecticut Sheep and Wool Festival in April, the Big E in September, and the New England Fiber Festival at the Big E in November. Weaving and dyeing workshops were also held in the Barony. We have new Baronial Champions: Archery Champion: Lady Alexandra Krakkensdottir; Fencing Champion: Lord Grimolfr Skulason; Heavy Weapons Champion: Mistress Shiro; and Thrown Weapons Champion: Lord Grimolfr Skulason. Also, several new Baronial Officers: Lady Sybill Teller - Deupty Chatelaine, Rumhann MacDuibhsithe an Bhlog Seolta - Company Captain of Archers, Lady Ciara McRobbie - Exchequer, Angus Gove MacKinnon - Knight Marshall, and Mak of the Red Hand - Minister of the List. Sisuile Butler will be the new web minister, but that's not official yet. Congratulations to the members of the Barony who received Baronial and Kingdom awards:
• Lady Aurelia di Stellari - Court Baroness of the East • Mistress Camma an Daraich - Defender of the White Oak and was created a Forester of the forest of Talcott and the manor of Heublein • Francesca of the Barony Beyond the Mountain - Queen’s Award of Esteem • Lady Gabriella De Bas-Serra – Dragonship Haven’s Order of the Keel, the Queen’s Award of Esteem and the Order of the Maunche • Lord Grimolfr Skulason - Defender of the White Oak • Lady Gwenllian ferch Llewelyn - Queen’s Award of Esteem • Lord Gwilym of Fflynt - Defender of the White Oak • Lady Johanna de Glastingburi - Order of the Silver Crescent • Lady Leandra de Leon - was granted the right of pontage on the Hockanum River • Michaela - Tyger's Cub • Lord Omelan the Left - Sun and Soil
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Baronial Officers:
Baron & Baroness - Baron Dorigen of Lewes, [email protected], and Mistress Eloise of Coulter, [email protected]
Seneschal – Mistress Anarra Karlsdottir, t_neill@ hotmail.com Deputy – Mistress Elizabeth Vynehorn, [email protected] & Lady Leandra deLeon, [email protected]
Chatelaine – Lady Gwenllian ferch Llewellyn, lisakat3@ sbcglobal.net Deputy – Sybill Teller, [email protected]
Chronicler – Lady Johanna de Glastingburi, [email protected] Deputy - Lady Emme Attewater, [email protected]
Company Captain of Archers – Rumhann MacDuibhsithe an Bhlog Seolta, [email protected]
Exchequer – Lady Ciara McRobbie, [email protected] Deputy - Lord Gwilym of Fflint, [email protected]
Herald – Lord Grimolfr Skulason, [email protected] Deputy - Mistress Camma an Daraich, [email protected] Knight Marshall - Angus Gove MacKinnon, [email protected] Marshal of Fence – Lord Grimolfr Skulason, [email protected] Marshal of Thrown Weapons – Michael Christian Longstryde, [email protected]
Mistress of Arts & Science – Lady Alys du Bois, [email protected] Deputy – Elspeth inghean Armstrong, [email protected]
Minister of the List – Mak of the Red Hand Web Minister – Lord Gwilym of Fflint, [email protected] Deputy - Lady Constance Navarre, [email protected]
Youth Marshal - Karrah the Mischievous, [email protected]
Canton Seneschal: Ravenhill – Michael Christian Longstryde, [email protected]
Baronial Champions:
Archery Champion: Lady Alexandra Krakkensdottir Fencing Champion: Lord Grimolfr Skulason Heavy Weapons Champion: Mistress Shiro Thrown Weapons Champion: Lord Grimolfr Skulason
Meetings: Baronial: Next meeting is Monday, January 18, 2016 7-9 p.m. at the Metropolitan District Training Center (MDTC), 125 Maxim Rd, Hartford, CT. Contact Seneschal Anarra Karlsdottir, t_neill@hotmail Newcomers Meeting: TBD Canton: Ravenhill: Second Monday of the month, at the home of Seneschal Michael Christian Longstryde (Michael Intemann), 28 John Beach Rd, Newtown, CT 06470, 203-270-3670 (Before 9:00 pm), [email protected]. This is the January 2016 issue of The Chanticleer, a publication of the Barony Beyond the Mountain of the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. (SCA, Inc.). The Chanticleer is available from Jane Brezzo, 146 Prospect Street, Glastonbury, CT 06033. It is not a corporate publication of SCA, Inc., and does not delineate SCA, Inc. policies. Copyright © 2011 Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. For information on reprinting photographs, articles, or artwork from this publication, please contact the Chronicler, who will assist you in contacting the original creator of the piece. Please respect the legal rights of our contributors. Clip art from Dover Medieval Ornaments
Arts & Science Middle-Eastern Dance
Sundays, 1-4 p.m., Authur Murray Dance Studio, Glen Lochen Marketplace, 39 New London Turnpike, Glastonbury, CT. Contact Mistress Su’ad (Nancy Barrett) at 860-228-6933 (before 10 p.m.); [email protected].
Open Positions Interested in becoming the Deputy Chronicler?
Please contact the Chronicler @ [email protected]
A Look Back at 2015 Continued from Page 1
• Leif Orvarsson - Defender of the White Oak • Rumhann mac Buibhsithe - was presented with a badge for the archer's rank of Marksman • Lady Sitt al-Gharb ha-niqret Khazariyya - Companion of the White Oak • Sir Thomas of Ravenhill was granted the livery and rents of the manors of Tarrywile and Ives. In Heraldry News, the following were approved in the Letters of Acceptances and Returns: Lucan Sangwyn - Name and Device "Per fess engrailed azure and sable, two compass roses and a ship Or"; Alys du Bois – Name; Sorcha inghean Ui Duinn – Name; and Sybill Teller – Name. Master Baron Cormac MacEamon na Connemara took a new protege - Lord Grimolfr Skulason. And, we have new Baronial coronets! Johanna
Combat Arts NOTE: Practices are subject to change
without notice. Please call ahead.
Archery
CT: BBM – The former Canton of Fennbrycg archery practice: Practice to Tuesdays at 4:30 indoors for the winter at the Norwich Archery Club; crossbows welcome. Contact Bob Smith to ensure practice is on due to weather or other issues at 860-848-3525. $5.00 for non-members of the club. CT: BBM - Bowman’s rest: Tuesdays – 5:30 p.m. Burlington, CT - Dorigen & Eloise's at 17 Bittersweet Lane, Burlington. Contact Dorigen at 860-673-2240. CT: BBM – Woodstock: Practice may still be open by appointment. Crossbows welcome. Contact Krakken at 860-928-0578 or Email: [email protected]. CT: Dragonship Haven: Thursday from 8pm-10pm at the Keefe Center in Hamden, CT. Closed for the Season MA: Carolingia - Carlisle MA: Practice is closed until spring. MA: Carolingia – Carlisle, MA: Sundays from 10 am to 1 pm - Archery practice runs year round, by Master Peter the Red, at his home at 94 Laurelwood Drive, Carlisle, MA. All are welcome and loaner equipment is available. Contact Peter at [email protected] or call 978-287-0808. MA: Smoking Rocks - Trader Jan's: Practice is open Wednesdays 5:30-7:30PM; Friday 6-8PM at 288 Plymouth Ave, Fall River MA. Lane fee is $8.00. Loaner gear is available. Contact Owen at [email protected] MA: Quintavia - (Worcester County; Central Mass): Practice is closed until spring. RI: Tobyn’s practice: Practice is open by appointment. Website has current information: www.baronyofthebridge.eastkingdom.org. Contact Tobyn 401-741-9130 or Radagast 401-741-9067.
Fencing
Thursdays, 7:30-10:00 p.m., Keefe Community Center, Hamden, CT (hosted by Barony of Dragonship Haven). Contact the Fencing Marshal (Christophel) @ [email protected]. Sundays, 1-5 p.m. at Mary Elizabeth McGrath Educational Center, 130 Elm Street, Millbury, MA (hosted by the Shire of Quintavia). Contact Captain Anssem van Rienen, Marshall of Fence, Carolingia, at [email protected] kingdom.org.
Heavy-List Fighting Thursdays, 8-10 p.m., Keefe Community Center, Hamden, CT, hosted by Barony of Dragonship Haven). Contact Baron Oskgar of the Wood (Stephen Straut-Esden); [email protected]. Fridays, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Wyman Elementary School, 1 Columbia Ave., Warwick, RI. Directions and contacts on BBM website. Wednesdays, 7 p.m., Barony of Bergental at Bethesda Lutheran Church, 455 Island Pond Rd., Springfield, MA. Contact Cedric of Armorica, Knight Marshall of Barony of Bergental for more information.
Thrown Weapons Practice Tuesdays from 6 p.m.-8 p.m., weather permitting In the Canton of Ravenhill, 28 John Beach Rd Newtown, CT. Contact Michael Longstryder (Michael Intemann) [email protected] 203-270-3670 (no later than 8:30 p.m.)
Youth Fighter Practice Thursdays, 7-8 p.m. at the Keefe Center in Hamden, CT (hosted by Barony of Dragonship Haven). Contact the Youth Fighter Marshal (Taoisech Holt Kincaid) for more information at [email protected]. Those who are new or need loaner gear should arrive a little early and a marshal will be there assist them. Please bring your own personal protection (athletic cup) and water bottles.
Archaeology News http://www.archaeology.org/news/
12/28/15 - FISHERMEN REPORT MEDIEVAL SHIPWRECK OFF ITALY’S SOUTHERN COAST - PUGLIA, ITALY—The remains of an 800-year-old wooden ship have been found in the Porto Cesareo Marine Protected Area, located near the tip of Italy’s “boot.” The shipwreck, which measures nearly 60 feet long, could “explain significant aspects of the coastline in medieval times and contribute to the historical reconstruction of the area,” underwater archaeologist Cristiano Alfonso of Salento University told The Local, Italy. Porto Cesareo was a fishing village during the medieval period. To read more about the archaeology of shipwrecks, go to "Shipwreck Alley." http://www.thelocal.it/20151228/centuries-old-shipwreck-found-off-salento-coast 12/23/15 - TUDOR DECORATIONS MAY HAVE SURVIVED LOST HAT - LONDON, ENGLAND—Tiny decorative objects recovered from the same area on the banks of the Thames River by eight different metal detectorists may have all come from the same Tudor-era hat or garment, according to archaeologist Kate Sumnall of the Museum of London. The early sixteenth-century artifacts are made from gold, enamel, and glass, and may have adorned furs or velvets. “These artifacts have been reported to me one at a time over the last couple of years. Individually they are all wonderful finds but as a group they are even more important. To find them from just one area suggests a lost ornate hat or other item of clothing. The fabric has not survived and all that remains are these gold decorative elements that hint at the fashion of the time,” she told The Guardian. To read more about London-based archaeology, go to "Haunt of the Resurrection Men." http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/dec/23/tiny-tudor-treasure-hoard-found-in-thames-mud 12/11/15 - ROMAN AND MEDIEVAL LEICESTER UNEARTHED - LEICESTER, ENGLAND—Construction work at the former site of a bus depot has given archaeologists the rare opportunity to examine the area at the corner of Southgates and Peacock Lane in central Leicester. Between the twelfth and sixteenth centuries, this area is thought to have been crowded with houses and shops. The team from University of Leicester Archaeological Services has uncovered stone-lined pits that may have been cisterns or used for storage, garbage pits, latrines, wells, boundary walls, and a cellar that may date to the late fifteenth
or sixteenth century. Under the medieval street surface, the researchers found the remains of two Roman streets with stone and timber buildings, floor surfaces and wall fragments, and coins, tableware, game pieces, bone hair pins, and jewelry that date from the second through the fourth centuries. “One of the Roman streets found on the site has never been seen before in Leicester and isn’t on any of our plans of the Roman city. This is a significant find and raises exciting new questions about the layout of the early Roman town and how it evolved through the Roman period,” archaeologist Mathew Morris said in a press release. To read more about Roman Britain, go to "Artifact: Roman Eagle Sculpture." http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/press/press-releases/2015/december/archaeologists-unearth-new-evidence-of-roman-and-medieval-leicester 12/10/15 - WATLINGTON HOARD REWRITES ENGLAND’S EARLY MEDIEVAL HISTORY - LONDON, ENGLAND—The British Museum has unveiled a hoard of coins found by a metal detectorist who alerted an officer from the Portable Antiquities Scheme and assisted with the archaeological excavation. The hoard contains 186 coins, seven pieces of Viking jewelry, and 15 ingots. Some of the coins depict figures thought to represent King Alfred the Great of Wessex, who ruled from A.D. 871 to 899, and King Ceolwulf II of Mercia, who ruled from 874 to 879. Ceolwulf II has been largely forgotten by history, but the coins suggest that the two kings shared a powerful alliance as equals. “Here is a more complex political picture in the 870s which was deliberately misrepresented in the 890s after Alfred has taken over the whole of Ceolwulf’s kingdom,” Gareth Williams, curator of Early Medieval coinage at the British Museum, told The Telegraph. The coins were produced in both kings’ names, and in a number of different mints. “It sheds new light on a very poorly understood period in English history,” Williams said. To read about an early Anglo-Saxon discovery, go to "The Kings of Kent." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/environment/archaeology/12043749/British-Museum-unveils-unique-hoard-of-Viking-coins.html 12/9/15 - POSSIBLE TOMB OF SULEIMAN THE MAGNIFICENT FOUND IN HUNGARY - PÉCS, HUNGARY—In 2013, Norbert Pap of the University of Pécs announced the discovery of Turbék, a fortified town and Ottoman pilgrimage site that grew up around the burial site of Suleiman the Magnificent’s internal organs. Suleiman died in Hungary in 1566 during the siege of Szigetvar, and
although his body was returned to Constantinople, his heart and intestines were buried where he died. Pap and his team think they have found the remains of a building that could be the sultan’s tomb, a small mosque, a dervish monastery, and military barracks—all arranged in a formation that is compatible with a map of the town that dates to 1664. The building thought to be the sultan’s tomb has a deep pit, suggesting it had been looted in the late seventeenth century. Further excavations are needed to confirm the identification of the site. To read more, go to "Lost Tombs: In Search of History's Greatest Rulers." http://pte.hu/english/news/tomb_sultan_suleiman_szigetvar 12/8/15 - MEDIEVAL CASTLE WALLS UNEARTHED IN ENGLAND - GLOUCESTERSHIRE, ENGLAND—Archaeologists have unearthed an early twelfth-century castle keep wall in the exercise yard at the site of Gloucester Prison, which closed in 2013. The medieval castle also had an inner bailey and stables, and was surrounded by a series of concentric defensive walls and ditches, and had a drawbridge and a gatehouse. In the fifteenth century, the castle became a notorious county jail that was demolished in 1785 to build a new jail, designed by prison architect William Blackburn. That prison building had been expanded and remodeled several times through the 1960s. “It is a very rare opportunity to dig a Norman castle in a great historic city. We have recorded a part of Gloucester’s history that was once covered with the sands of time,” said project manager Cliff Bateman of Cotswold Archaeology. The team will cover the exposed remains to preserve the medieval walls now that the lot is scheduled for redevelopment. For more, go to "The Treasures of Rathfarnham Castle." http://www.cotswoldarchaeology.co.uk/excavating-gloucester-prison/ 12/7/15 - VIKINGS MAY HAVE BRAVED GREENLAND’S COOL WEATHER - NEW YORK, NEW YORK—It had been previously thought that the Vikings colonized Greenland during a period of well-documented good weather known as the Medieval Warm Period (A.D. 950-1250) and disappeared with the onset of the Little Ice Age (1300-1850). However, a new analysis of chemical isotopes in debris marking the advance of glaciers in southwest Greenland and Baffin Island suggests that the glaciers had neared or reached their later maximum Little Ice Age positions between 975 and 1275, during the period of the Viking occupation. “If the Vikings traveled to Greenland when it was cool, it’s a stretch to say
deteriorating climate drove them out,” Nicolás Young of Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory said in a press release. “It’s becoming clearer that the Medieval Warm Period was patchy, not global,” he explained. Scholars now think that the Vikings may have abandoned Greenland because of hostilities with the Inuit, a decline in the ivory trade, soil erosion brought on by grazing their imported cattle, or a return to European farms after the depopulation brought on by the Black Plague. For more, go to "The First Vikings." http://www.earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/3266
To Bake Chickens
This chicken dish is incredibly easy to make, is very tasty, and is great served hot or cold. Country: England Century: 16th 2 lbs chicken legs/thighs 1/8 cup currants 3-4 prunes, chopped 1 1/2 Tbsp butter 1/4 tsp black pepper 1/4 tsp salt 1/8 tsp cloves 1/8 tsp cinnamon 1/8 tsp ginger pinch mace Pie crust Lay pieces of chicken in the pie crust (I used an 8x8 baking dish, lined with the crust). Sprinkle the chicken with the spices and fruit. Lay slivers of butter over top. Put a top crust on the dish and bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes (temp to ensure doneness). Original Recipe sources Source [A Book of Cookrye]: Season them with cloves, mace, sinamon ginger, and some pepper, so put them into your coffin, and put therto corance dates Prunes, and sweet Butter, or els Marow, and when they be halfe baked, put in some sirup of vergious, and some sugar, shake them togither and set them into the oven again. Bake Sparowes, Larkes, or any kinde of small birds, calves feet or sheepes tunges after the same manner. Source [A Book of Cookrye]:Season your Chickins with cloves, mace and pepper, lay them into your paste with sweet butter, gooseberies, sugar and whole mace. And when they be well baked, put therto vergious, yolkes of egges strained, shake them togither and set them into the Oven againe.
Source [A new booke of Cookerie, J. Murrell]: To bake Chickins with Grapes. TRusse and scald your Chickens season them well with Pepper, Salt, and Nutmeg: and put them into your Pye, with a good piece of Butter. Bake it, and cut it vp, and put vpon the breast of your Chickins, Grapes boyld in Uergis, Butter, Nutmegge, and Sugar, with the iuyce of an Orenge. With the gracious permission of Lady Avelyn Grene. Check out her website at: http://www.greneboke.com and her blog at: http://greneboke.blogspot.com
December 2015 Baronial Meeting Minutes
Thursday, December 10 at the MDC building (usual place) from 7 – 9. MDC OPERATIONS FACILITY & TRAINING CENTER 125 Maxim Road Hartford, CT 06114 http://www.themdc.com/about-us/locations Anarra has asked the MDC Training Center for the Following MONDAY dates: MONDAY, January 18, 2016 at the MDC Training Center MONDAY, February 15, 2016 at the MDC Training Center SUNDAY, March 13, 2016 at John, Sisuile and Rumhann’s house in Vernon starting at Noon. Bring potluck to share. Meeting at 2:00. Schmooze the rest of the time. Where: 103 Union Street, Vernon CT. Park in back. Call: 612-695-2251 (Sisuile) if lost
WEDNESDAY, April 20, 2016 the Groton Public Library, 52 Newtown Road, Groton, CT 06340, Tel. 860-441-6751, http://www.groton-ct.gov/library/directions.asp MONDAY, May 16, 2016 at the MDC Training Center MONDAY, June 20, 2016 at the MDC Training Center ALL OFFICERS – If your SCA membership expires on or before January 31, 2016, PLEASE send Anarra your new expiration date before January 15th. She needs it for her 4th Quarter Report. If your membership expires before April 30, 2016, she needs your new expiration date before March 15. Officer’s Reports Arts and Sciences – Alys du Bois - Alys gave us her Quarterly A&S report. She also wants to start up perhaps monthly A&S for bardic (maybe a bardic gathering at Sisuile’s place in the spring) dancing, silk painting (Anarra and Ana Ilevna still have some paints) game board making (there are Baron Salamala’s supplies and book—talk to Elizabeth or Eloise) and other projects. She is interested in making some archery tokens for the summer shoot event. Discuss with Eloise and Gwilym regarding their use. Anyone who teaches a class or takes a class at an event or hosts an A&S open to the Barony can tell Alys for her A&S report. Alys will post a reminder on the e-mail list. If we have a Baronial event that Alys can’t attend, remember to post the list of classes and who taught them to her for her report. Chatelaine – Gwenllian - Joe Catterman in Plainville may have found some sites for indoor fight practice. Gwenllian should get him in touch with Angus and Grimolfr. Aldith, new import from Caid, sat at gate all day at Yule and had a great time. Welcome Aldith! New person from AEthemark interested in getting involved here. Welcome! Chronicler – Johanna/Emme (Deputy) - Johanna wants a new deputy. No, really, she does. NEW DEPUTY!! It could be YOU! Contact Johanna if you are interested. Please send articles, stories, links, how-tos, recipes, photos, etc. And looky at the December Newsletter. It’ is soooooo pretty and full of Yule information and she got it done, WITH photos, in two days AFTER cooking that fantastic feast. Wow!! Exchequer – Severin/Gwilym (Deputy)/Ciara (Incoming) - The Signature cards are proving to be a real pain. We may need to go to the Putnam Branch of BofA and have us all sign at once. The
Putnam Branch of the Bank of America is open from 9-noon on Saturdays. Severin will send sig card paperwork to Ignatia on Friday 12/11/2015. Regardless of the signature cards, Severin will officially step down after the Year-end report is complete and Ciara will step up all the way. We’ll wrangle sig cards afterwards if we can’t manage it before. One of the checks we received for Yule bounced and inflicted us with fees. Severin to look up SCA/Kingdom policy on this as it hasn’t happened in ages and we can’t remember what it is. Bank Balance as of 11/30/2015 was $14,641.87. As of this morning it was $18,537.18. Enjoy that figure now because we have a Gigaton of checks to write for Yule, the Coronets and other things so it won’t stay that high for long (in fact it didn’t because Gwilym and Anarra signed a dozen or so checks at the meeting). Herald – Grimolfr/Camma (deputy) - We had an event on Saturday, and we held a court. Lord Omelan the Left was inducted into the Sun and Soil for all his help. Leif Ovarrson was inducted into the Defenders of the White Oak for his martial prowess in thrown weapons in adult tournaments and for being a former champion of the barony. Mistress Camma an Daraich was finally inducted into the Defenders of the White Oak for her obvious prowess with the bow, for her being a former champion, and because her Excellency noticed something wrong with our OP and made sure Camma was given that which was long overdue. Lady Leandra de Leon was given a Grant of Pontage from their Excellencies and has plans on constructed her bridge ASAP. My report was submitted to their Excellencies, Brigantia Herald, and Shepard's Crook Herald on 12/8/15. Keeping the OP correct since 2015. Nothing new has popped up on OSCAR or the LoAR for anyone (that I know of) in the barony. That's all for now, Lists – Mark the Red Hand/Alexandra Cupbearer (deputy) - One reportable injury at Yule that Bergental is dealing with because it was their fighting event and their Marshal. We have asked for copies of the report. Knight Marshal – Angus - One reportable injury at Yule that Bergental is dealing with because it was their fighting event and their Marshal. We have asked for copies of the report. Fencing Marshal – Grimolfr - For my fencing report, I'm currently waiting to hear from Liadan Ingen Chineada. She ran the fencing that day and she is the Marshal of Fence for Bergental. I found her on Facebook because she is not currently listed in the office on Bergental's website.
Captain of Archers – Rumhann - We had great archery at Yule! Youth Marshal – Karrah - No Report. Karrah, Anarra needs your new SCA Membership expiration date before the end of February. There was youth fighting at Yule, provided by Michael of York. 8 Fighters participated. Thrown Weapons Marshal – Michael - No Report. Web Minister – Gwilym/Constance (Deputy) - Sisuile Butler has volunteered to be the new Web Minister, effective as soon as she’s warranted. We need to update Martial Champions page and load the December Chanticleer to the web site. E-mail boxes for Seneschal appear to be sorted. Information on that needs to get to me (Anarra). Gwilym to talk to Constance regarding deputy. Seneschal of Ravenhill – Michael - No Report Baron and Baroness – Dorigen & Eloise - Please give them recommendations for awards. PLEASE. Old Business Yule 2014 - Several of us talked to the Bergental Exchequer on Saturday and we have received a copy of the 2014 Yule event report. Barbara (their Exchequer) says she has cut a check for $505.00. Anarra sent her Ciara’s address to mail the check to. Thank you AElfgiva for getting everyone in touch! Ciara had not received the check as of Thursday morning, but Barbara probably only sent it on Monday or Tuesday. Yule 2015 - Several Lost and Found items were returned. No one claims the 25 pound barbell weight. We did not lose money on the event. Ciara still finalizing report with some refunds and final receipts. AS FAR AS CIARA KNOWS, SHE HAS ALL THE RECEIPTS FROM YULE. IF YOU EXPECT TO BE REIMBURSED FOR AN EXPENSE TELL HER NOW. She will be finalizing the report this weekend and after that it’s too late. We wrote copious checks to cover reimbursements for site fees and event expenses. Anarra will e-mail Jovonne, Barbara, Emma, Rob, Gelleys, Ciara, Eloise and Dorigen to set up the usual post-Yule meeting. Possibly at the Paneras at exit 48 off of I-91. Yule 2016 - With Bergental's blessing, I've penciled us in for December 3, 2016 at the Hospital for Special Care Community Center *just in case*. We need to CANCEL BY MARCH if Bergental does have a site. Bergental met on Monday (12/7/15) and they have formed a committee to discuss Yule from their end and find a site. Jovonne (Seneschal) says they should have information for us next
month. March Barony Meeting SUNDAY March 13. - We’re having the March meeting on a Sunday at John, Sisuile and Rumhann’s house in Vernon starting at Noon. Thank you to them! Bring potluck to share. Meeting at 2:00. Schmooze the rest of the time. 103 Union Street, Vernon CT. Park in back. Call: 612-695-2251 (Sisuile) if lost Hrim Schola with Dragonship Haven – March 19 - Tristan is DSH autocrat. We have an Autocrat—Khazariyya. Ana Ilevna to coordinate classes. So far we have ~34 hours of classes but some are on similar subjects. Ana Ilevna to sort that out with teachers. PLEASE ask anyone you know who might want to teach a class to contact Ana Ilevna. We especially want tablet weaving and knitting. Anarra to think about whether she can do a several-hour workshop on dressing a Warp Weighted Loom. DSH will do site, money and dayboard. BBM will coordinate classes. Both would recruit teachers. BBM will provide bodies for gate and cleanup. The site has room for about 8 (eight) class spaces. Khazariyya, Ana Ilevna and Tristan to work out how many hours will be devoted to instructions vs Dayboard, etc. DSH’s December meeting is Sunday the 13th. Ana Ilevna and Anarra will go. Ælfgiva will provide a bell for ringing between classes. It would be useful if someone would volunteer to be the bell ringer. Anyone want to be a Bellman? (Obscure joke) Summer Shoot—June 4 - Severin will be the autocrat and Anarra will do on-site coordination same as last year. Anarra sent an e-mail to Bergental, DSH, Quintavia and Bridge telling them about our event on this date. Dorigan has taken steps so hopefully, maybe, Kingdom Archery Champions won’t be on this date (heavily dependent on the Crown so no guarantees). Quintavia has just changed Seneschals, Anarra to send another e-mail to them. Johanna and Alyce to do dayboard. Alyce to coordinate classes—one on making game boards Anarra to contact Arnwulf about availability to run more classes. We discussed contingency plans for if Kingdom Archery Champions lands on the same weekend or if Arnwulf is unavailable to coordinate classes. As a result of conversation, Ælfgiva said Holcomb Farm has spruced up and may make a good event site again. She will contact the management and get policies and prices (not necessarily for this event, but in general) Artifacts of a Life September 2017 - We will
probably do this again in 2017, pending discussions with Carolingia. Need a venue. Need to think about announcements to the Kingdom. New Seneschal - If you’re interested, now is the time to stand up! Anarra is stepping down by next Yule. Leif and Gabriella have so far expressed interest. If you are interested, tell Anarra! Coronets - They are spiffy and full of Bling! Eloise will convey some concerns pointed out by Sisuile to the person who made them. New Business EK Gazette wants a 2-days-a-month editor to monitor e-mail box. Anarra did not get any more information from the EK Gazette person so that’s all she knows right now. Coronet Boxes - Eloise and Dorigen will make them. Anarra has some poplar that may be useful. Baronial Inventory—Do you have anything that belongs to the Barony? Who has the Fennbrycg banner? We passed around the inventory sheets and added some data. In past meetings we had decided that the old Baronial Chairs would be given to Cormac. Ælfgiva to facilitate that. We no longer consider that we own them. In past meetings we had decided that the very large SCA direction signs would be disposed of. Anarra will do that as soon as she’s tired of them cluttering up her garage. The smaller SCA signs are still in use. We decided this meeting that the “Viewing Stand” frames that were attempted for a previous event are not useful. Gwilym wants the wood for possible Archery projects. Severin will collect the one frame from Carllein. He has the other one. He’ll get both to Gwilym, who will decide if it’s useful for the archery project. The covers for the viewing stands will be repurposed at some point in the future. Proposed “medium” banner - 5’ x 7’ w/ties - will fit the banner stand as we currently use it. Blue linen: 5 yds; Yellow linen: 1 yd; White linen: 1 yd; Red will come out of my personal scrap. Linen at Fabrics-store.com is currently $9.55/yd Request to spend up to $70. Eloise can usually get discounts, but that is the base price/yard. We authorized up to $70 for Eloise to make this banner. We also paid for the linen Eloise used to make the new Herald’s tabard. It’s spiffy! Anarra thinks it was $56. - Anarra
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